Carry out Community Scorecard (CSC) survey for UPSNJP

Source: World Bank — Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

The Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure

Urban Food Security and Safety Net Office

Urban Productive Safety Net and Job Project (UPSNJP)

Grant No. D732-ET

Assignment Title: Carry out Community Scorecard (CSC) survey for UPSNJP

Reference No. ET-MOUDI-398693-CS-QCBS

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project (UPSNJP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. 

The consulting services (“the Services”) include The Community Score Card (CSC) is a participatory approach to improve governance and service delivery through assessment of the quality of public services on both sides i.e. service providers & service users. The CSC approach is used to effectively engage service providers and service users about available services and their entitlements to solicit their opinions about the accessibility and quality of the services to fill up the gap through strong coordination and advocacy with competent authorities.   

The objective of the assignment:

Ensure CSC three functions: 1) community empowerment –promoting discussion and dialogue between service user and service provider to build community empowerment; 2) joint decision making -- creating opportunities for information sharing, mutual objective and critical assessment of service quality, effectiveness and efficiency; 3) monitoring and evaluation -- scoring and monitoring aspects of service an encouraging service providers to measure and improve their performance 

 The estimated implementation period for the assignment is 6 weeks.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: www.web.mui.gov.et. Or can be requested from the below email address of “ymengstiejobfsa@gmail.com” and/or “sbirhanu1@gmail.com.” 

The Urban Food Security and Safety Net Office under Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure now invite eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are core business and years in business, relevant experience, technical and managerial capability of the firm. The Qualifications and Experience of Key Experts shall not be included in the shortlisting criteria

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. 

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. 

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations. 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 9:00AM to 5:00PM Addis Ababa time.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) up to July 01, 2024 on or before 5:00 pm Addis Ababa time (afternoon).

The Urban Food Security and Safety Net Office under Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure

The address:-Attn: Ato Birhanu Teshome-

Head, Urban Food Security and Safety Net Office

Email- sbirhanu1@gmail.com

and

Ato Yihenew Mengstie

Urban Productive Safety Net and Job Project Procurement Specialist

Email- ymengstiejobfsa@gmail.com

Tel: +251 11 554 5850

In front of National Bank of Ethiopia, Ministry of Urban and Infrastructure, 5th floor, UPSNJP Procurement Section

Country: - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia